Saturday, October 21, 2017

Report: NATO Not Ready For A Russian Attack



DW: NATO report casts doubt on ability to defend against Russian attack on eastern flank

A confidential NATO report has questioned the alliance's ability to defend against a Russian attack. Eastern European members of the alliance fear Russian aggression.

NATO would be unable to repel a Russian attack on its Eastern European members, according to an internal alliance document cited by the German magazine Der Spiegel (German language) in its Saturday edition.

The internal document, titled "Progress Report on the Strengthened Deterrence and Defense Capability of the Alliance," questioned the ability of the NATO Response Force to "react rapidly and – if necessary – sustainably."

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Update: Report: NATO Insufficiently Ready In Case Of Russian Attack (RFE).

WNU Editor: NATO countries do not only spend tens of billions of dollars each year on their defense .... but they spend far more than Russia. So this question begs an answer .... what is NATO spending their money on?

2 comments:

James said...

Considering what has been happening in Europe for the last some odd years, why should Russia attack?

fazman said...

I was just about to say either can russia